With schools starting back up, Friday Night Lights and Football season is set to begin in tandem. The BBB has come to notify of a new scam that threatens people during this time of the year.
Many schools around the nation rose to the necessity of limiting individuals showing up to many sports games, and resorting to streaming as an alternative. Still yet now, despite conditions improving, many schools have maintained this new way of viewing their sports.
Because of this, scammers will take to social media and post links to fake streams, the BBB warns. The goal behind this scam is to get users to input their information to view a stream, or through interacting with the content on their links.
“Fans need to remain diligent in where and how they find the stream of a high school contest,” Matt Troha, an Assistant Executive Director with the Illinois High School Association, told BBB.
Troha said fake streaming links posted to social media lure unsuspecting fans.
“On Twitter especially, take notice of account names and photos, which often seem to be random, and look at their follower and following numbers,” Troha said. “Low follower counts indicate the account likely was just started. Look at the content of their posts as most are nothing but tweets to stream games.”
To ensure you avoid these scams, don’t click any suspicious links you find online, and only attempt to attend streams directly from trusted sources. For more information on this, contact the BBB at 888-996-3887.
